Handedness is mainly associated with an asymmetry of corticospinal excitability and not of transcallosal inhibition

L De Gennaro, R Cristiani, M Bertini, G Curcio… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The study aims to compare transcallosal inhibition (TI), as assessed by the
paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique, in a sample of right-handed …

Modulating neuronal excitability in the motor cortex with tDCS shows moderate hemispheric asymmetry due to subjects' handedness: a pilot study

S Schade, V Moliadze, W Paulus… - Restorative neurology …, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has proven to be a useful tool for
fundamental brain research as well as for attempts in therapy of neurological and psychiatric …

Hemispheric asymmetries of cortico-cortical connections in human hand motor areas

C Civardi, A Cavalli, P Naldi, C Varrasi… - Clinical …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To evaluate possible functional asymmetries of the motor cortex on the hand-
dominant versus the non-dominant hemisphere. Methods: We assessed the handedness of …

Suppression of the transcallosal motor output: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study in healthy subjects

C Trompetto, M Bove, L Marinelli, L Avanzino… - Experimental brain …, 2004 - Springer
We tested the hypothesis that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), in addition to its
inhibitory action on the corticospinal output, can also exert some inhibitory effect on the …

Hemispheric asymmetry of frequency-dependent suppression in the ipsilateral primary motor cortex during finger movement: a functional magnetic resonance imaging …

MJ Hayashi, DN Saito, Y Aramaki, T Asai… - Cerebral …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Electrophysiological studies have suggested that the activity of the primary motor cortex (M1)
during ipsilateral hand movement reflects both the ipsilateral innervation and the …

Callosal effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): the influence of gender and stimulus parameters

L De Gennaro, M Bertini, F Pauri, R Cristiani… - Neuroscience …, 2004 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex of one hemisphere
(conditioning stimulus, CS) inhibits EMG responses evoked in distal hand muscles by a …

Reproducibility of callosal effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with interhemispheric paired pulses

L De Gennaro, M Ferrara, M Bertini, F Pauri… - Neuroscience …, 2003 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex of one hemisphere
(conditioning stimulus (CS)) inhibits EMG responses evoked in distal hand muscles by a …

Hemispheric differences in corticospinal excitability and in transcallosal inhibition in relation to degree of handedness

T Davidson, F Tremblay - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we examined hemispheric differences in corticospinal excitability and in
transcallosal inhibition in a selected group of young adults (n= 34) grouped into three …

An fMRI study of the lateralization of motor cortex activation in acallosal patients

H Reddy, M Lassonde, N Bemasconi, A Bemasconi… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have suggested that callosal afferents may
mediate inhibition of the ipsilateral motor cortex (IMC) during unilateral hand movements. To …

Hemispheric asymmetry of ipsilateral motor cortex activation during unimanual motor tasks: further evidence for motor dominance

U Ziemann, M Hallett - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives: To test to which extent the increase in ipsilateral motor cortex excitability during
unimanual motor tasks shows hemispheric asymmetry. Methods: Six right-handed healthy …